Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-08-02
State News.
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at the Barto Farm, in a top buggy. The
night was very dark, and while Mr.. Hayward
was in the act of passing team going in the
opposite direction, near DR.. Beams, team
came up suddenly behind and caused his
horse to shy to one side, oyerturniug the
buggy And throwing out its occupants. The
carriage was considerably damaged. yet
neither of the parties sustained serious injury.
At Presque Isle, during the thunder shower
of Thursday afternoon the barn of Hartley
Oaks was struck by lightning The bolt
struck the top OF the roof at the gable, ran
along the saddle boards, down the root and
down the side of the barn, tearing off shin
giles and splitting boards in its course, and
entering the NOW near the basement and set
ting 1t on fire. There was about three feet
depth of NOW, and before Mr.. Oaks and two
other men, who were in the yard at the time
OF the occurrence, could get to the barn, the
flames had shot up to the large beams. With
plenty of water at hand, by very lively work
the flames were soon subdued The damage
to the barn from the effects of the lightning
was slight.
CUMBERLAND.
Advice received from Capt. Magee of Phil
adelphia, managing owner of schooner Henry
Waddington, commanded by Capt George
Moore of Ferry Village, that the vessel was at
Pensacola, and the mate telegraphed that Capt
Moore had been missing for four days, and
| not the slightest clew to his whereabouts
could be obtained. The mate was at once
telegraphed to put the matter in hands of
authorities and bring the vessel home. Prep
| arations for sea added four days more to the
vessels tarry, and during all of this time no
| trace of the missing captain could be obtained
| The Cape Elizabeth Sentinel says it is feared
he has been foully dealt wth.-Mrs Marga-
ret Gushing of Cape Elizabeth, hearing a
noise in her hen house, one night this week
| took lantern and club and went out to In
| vestigate. She found three or four large
boys and ordered them away. The next
night flock of sixteen small ducks dissp
peared from the premises
| T. S. Merrill of Portland, is laying out
the lot for the erection of wooden block
40 feet square, and three stories high, on
Main street. opposite Church, Saccarappa
rne ground floor will be arranged for two
stores, and the second and third fats for
tenements.- plans for the new Univer
salist church indicate structure which will
cost SIC, 000-A small steamer has been
brought from Sebago Lake and put in the
river below Cumberland Mills. 1t will be
used In making proposed surveys of the river
HANCOCK.
| Mrs. Charles Gray of Brooksville, on 60
| ing for pail of water, recently, found her
year and half old daughter lying with her
head in the spring and dead She had been
| absent from the house but a short time, and
had evidently fallen into the spring while
trying to dip ap water, says the Deer Isle
Gazette.
The Camden Herald reports: The addition
to the Knox Wooden Factory is rapidly pro.
crossing. 1t is being built in very substan,
tial manner and of the very best timber and
material. 1t will be slated in the course of
few days and probably will be completed
early in the fall-The Piper Packing Com
pany have during the packing season han
died some $4,000 pounds of Holsters and
packed 83 900 cans. The company will COM
| mence canning corn the last week in August
and expect to put up some 1000 cans during
| the packing seasonal large crew are at
| work on the new factory building being erect
ed by the Camden Wooden Company. The
foundations are strongly laid and the material
of the building is of the best quality. The
work is being as rapidly pushed as possible,
LINCOLN.
DR.. w. II. Parsons of Damariscotta met
III tultc oCNSlc dCCiueut IcCcutiy al DdLu>
ariscotta Mills. He was returning from q
professional call and in the darkness the
horse got out of the road and the carriage
over an embankment. The doctor escaped
without severe injuries, although he was
quite lame for few days.
| Capt. Angus Mcdonald, Boothbay, has
captured Is seals and shipped them alive to
Stearin & Company, Glen Island. The Cap
tain's daughter, Miss Lura Mcdonald, has
| made pets of them, and can handle even the
most vicious. They come at her call, take
| fish from her hand aud allow her to lay her
| face alongside theirs.
OXFORD.
The Oxford County Advertiser reports an
elopement. Goodwin Cole and Ada Elliott
| of justice to get married, and called on
Mr., Philbrooks at Shelburne, N. H.,
who both beng so young, lie refused
to marry them, 50 they returned to Gilead.
| At Buck6eld, Charles Maxim's little son
Fred found partridge nest, while ago.
| He put one of the eggs in his pocket and
went home, On arriving there he found
that the egg had been picked after he put it
in his pocket. He took 1t to bed with him
and in the morning had young partridge.
| The thunder shower of Thursday night was
very severe at Canton The dwelling of Mr..
Zlmr Gilbert was struck by lightning and
| considerably damaged, some of the inmates
of the house receiving quite severe shock.
A large quantity of rain fell.
PEHoRsCoT.
The Dexter Gazette says: A good deal of
comment has been made about the electric
wires being hung low in places round the
| village, and Thursday an accident occurred
that will doubtless cause them to be looked
after. Geo. Hamilton, son of Samuel Ham,
ilton, while riding on Pleasant street in Fogg's
market wagon was caught under his chin by
the wire leading to the residence of Job Alb
bolt, and came near being decapitated. He
was thrown over backwards and picked him.
self up with a throat severely scraped and
bruised. 1t was narrow escape from bad
accident.
Sherman Tribe au of Hampton Corner,
while at work on building in Boston, re-
Gently, stepped upon chlsel, which severed
an artery Just above the ankle. 1t is feared
| he will lose his foot.
| SOMERSET.
| For some time Albion Pushor of Pittsfel
| has been troubled with a cough. Monday,
the doctor found tooth brush bristle and
extracted it. 1t seems to have been the cause
| of the cough.
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